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Any idea how I can find this ~1GB of ghost file on GDrive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like everyone I'm struggling to keep my data on Google drive below their limit. This is fine. I've been gradually deleting photos from my drive and transferring them to my own storage.

I managed to clear up about 2GB of space that away, but recently, a few weeks ago my consumed storage jumped up. I cannot figure though what is the file that tis taking away my data. It could be the I switched phone, but I don't see any big sync folder/file that I should delete here.

Any idea what is happening?

(Note: I've stopped sharing my photos with Google drive)

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Other stuff uses G-Drive storage too, like G-Mail, Android google backups and apps you give access to your storage.

Unfortunately, when I go to G-Drive website and click on storage, it just shows as "other" without telling me what it actually is (except G-Mail and Photos).

[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I recently cleared out a butt load of photos that should've had me in the clear for months but the next morning I was out of space again. 'Device backup' had taken it all. I disabled cloud backup in my phone, later reenabling it, and it was fine.

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

yup, I had Android backup of I don't know a huge number and I was finding what the f is taking this much storage xD

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe obvious, but have you emptied the "Bin"? I noticed deleted files still take space until you remove them from there.

[–] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks, it isn't this. The trash is empty

[–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

maybe a WhatsApp backup?

[–] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

WhatsApp is about 2GB of data for a while now. I guess that if I want to keep my conversation history, that's a fixed number more or less.

[–] kae@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google One gives you an itemized look at what is using your storage space. All of the Google Apps are represented, device backups, and individual apps that are using Drive for storage too. I'd presume it would point you in the right direction, without needing to manually download everything and sift through.

[–] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, I've seen that, but I don't see anything trully suspecious there.

There are a bunch of videos that I should delte though. They total to about 2GB. So I guess I'm back to slowly deleting my data from there.

[–] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is there some way for me to see the history of my storage? Spot any anomalies?

[–] kernelle@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

You could start by downloading your Google data raw, much easier to explore your own data if it's all on the same drive.